What is wrong with Adobe that they can't respect your wishes?
For years I've been using an older copy of the Adobe Acrobat Writer.
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
Ever since then, Adobe keeps installing updates to the reader.
I know this because on my desktop shows up this black eye of the icon.
I though I deleted the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
But it keeps coming back.
What is Adobe doing to make the Reader keep coming back.
I don't really mind it on my system as long as they leave it alone.
Why can't Adobe leave me be with my older version of Acrobat writer?
Why does Adobe keep forcing the useless reader on me every few months?
And changing my defaults so that I have to set them back to the writer?
What is wrong with Adobe that they can't respect your wishes?
Ron, the humblest guy in town.
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
For years I've been using an older copy of the Adobe Acrobat Writer.
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
Ever since then, Adobe keeps installing updates to the reader.
I know this because on my desktop shows up this black eye of the icon.
I though I deleted the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
But it keeps coming back.
What is Adobe doing to make the Reader keep coming back.
I don't really mind it on my system as long as they leave it alone.
Why can't Adobe leave me be with my older version of Acrobat writer?
Why does Adobe keep forcing the useless reader on me every few months?
And changing my defaults so that I have to set them back to the writer?
What is wrong with Adobe that they can't respect your wishes?
Ron, the humblest guy in town.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-delete-adobearmservice.html
# Open an Administrator shell. You will be removing the executables, including the MSI file.
sc.exe stop AdobeARMservice
sc.exe delete AdobeARMservice
del "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\"
Out of curiosity, what reader do you have set as your default PDF reader?
On 4/5/2023 12:37 PM, Paul wrote:
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-delete-adobearmservice.html
# Open an Administrator shell. You will be removing the executables, including the MSI file.
sc.exe stop AdobeARMservice
sc.exe delete AdobeARMservice
del "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\"
FWIW, I got a "cannot find/path does not exist" error.
I went in manually and deleted it.
On 4/5/2023 2:07 PM, sticks wrote:
On 4/5/2023 12:37 PM, Paul wrote:
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-delete-adobearmservice.html
# Open an Administrator shell. You will be removing the
executables, including the MSI file.
sc.exe stop AdobeARMservice
sc.exe delete AdobeARMservice
del "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\"
FWIW, I got a "cannot find/path does not exist" error.
I went in manually and deleted it.
Start a Terminal. It starts in PowerShell:
Install the latest PowerShell for new features and improvements! https://aka.ms/PSWindows
PS> cd "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\"
cd : Cannot find path
Now, we launch Command Prompt instead:
PS> cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1413]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\ > cd /d "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM>
*******
That means the expansion only works in Command Prompt.
The "cd /d" allows presentation of an absolute path, as
a source for a change of directory. Then the
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%
gets expanded in Command Prompt, to the value list in "set".
ProgramFiles(x86) = C:\Program Files (x86)
Paul
For years I've been using an older copy of the Adobe Acrobat Writer.
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
Ever since then, Adobe keeps installing updates to the reader.
I know this because on my desktop shows up this black eye of the icon.
I though I deleted the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
But it keeps coming back.
What is Adobe doing to make the Reader keep coming back.
I don't really mind it on my system as long as they leave it alone.
Why can't Adobe leave me be with my older version of Acrobat writer?
Why does Adobe keep forcing the useless reader on me every few months?
And changing my defaults so that I have to set them back to the writer?
What is wrong with Adobe that they can't respect your wishes?
Ron, the humblest guy in town.
On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 08:41:17 -0800, RonTheGuy <ron@null.invalid> wrote:
For years I've been using an older copy of the Adobe Acrobat Writer.
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
Ever since then, Adobe keeps installing updates to the reader.
I know this because on my desktop shows up this black eye of the icon.
I though I deleted the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
But it keeps coming back.
What is Adobe doing to make the Reader keep coming back.
I don't really mind it on my system as long as they leave it alone.
Why can't Adobe leave me be with my older version of Acrobat writer?
Why does Adobe keep forcing the useless reader on me every few months?
And changing my defaults so that I have to set them back to the writer?
What is wrong with Adobe that they can't respect your wishes?
Ron, the humblest guy in town.
I ain't any way near as smart as Paul, or some others in this group,
but I would get "Revo Uninstall" and remove Adobe Acrobat. If computer
says it need to reboot after uninstalling, DON'T do it. Run the "Scan" feature of Revo and you will be amazed at all the crap that the Adobe unistaller left behind. Delete all the leftovers, then get a copy of
Nitro PDF Pro (https://www.gonitro.com/download), or you can find it
with a good Torrent program if you prefer. I've been using it for
years with excellent results. Just used it to fill out income tax
returns!
>>>>>>>>>>jetjock<<<<<<<<<<
+1 for Revo Uninstaller. The worst offenders at leaving junk
behind are the big-name antivirus programs, which often leave
*thousands* of fragments behind in the file system and registry.
On 07 Apr 2023, Philip Herlihy <PhillipHerlihy@SlashDevNull.invalid>
wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-10:
+1 for Revo Uninstaller. The worst offenders at leaving junk
behind are the big-name antivirus programs, which often leave
*thousands* of fragments behind in the file system and registry.
As with any powerful tool, you have the ability to great damage as well
as good. I use Revo all the time, but I have also let it mess things up
on my system by allowing it to remove things it shouldn't have.
Gotta be careful. If you're in doubt, leave it be. With great power
comes great responsibility (Spiderman, 1962.)
On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 08:41:17 -0800, RonTheGuy <ron@null.invalid> wrote:
For years I've been using an older copy of the Adobe Acrobat Writer.
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
Ever since then, Adobe keeps installing updates to the reader.
I know this because on my desktop shows up this black eye of the icon.
I though I deleted the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
But it keeps coming back.
What is Adobe doing to make the Reader keep coming back.
I don't really mind it on my system as long as they leave it alone.
Why can't Adobe leave me be with my older version of Acrobat writer?
Why does Adobe keep forcing the useless reader on me every few months?
And changing my defaults so that I have to set them back to the writer?
What is wrong with Adobe that they can't respect your wishes?
Ron, the humblest guy in town.
I ain't any way near as smart as Paul, or some others in this group,
but I would get "Revo Uninstall" and remove Adobe Acrobat. If computer
says it need to reboot after uninstalling, DON'T do it. Run the "Scan" feature of Revo and you will be amazed at all the crap that the Adobe unistaller left behind. Delete all the leftovers, then get a copy of
Nitro PDF Pro (https://www.gonitro.com/download), or you can find it
with a good Torrent program if you prefer. I've been using it for
years with excellent results. Just used it to fill out income tax
returns!
>>>>>>>>>>jetjock<<<<<<<<<<
[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
RonTheGuy <ron@null.invalid> spake the secret code <1eef84q9bflxu.dlg@news.solani.org> thusly:
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
I've been happy using SumatraPDF as my reader.
Out of curiosity, what reader do you have set as your default PDF reader?
On 05/04/2023 18:14, Richard wrote:
[Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
RonTheGuy <ron@null.invalid> spake the secret code
<1eef84q9bflxu.dlg@news.solani.org> thusly:
A year or two ago, I needed the Adobe Acrobat Reader once.
I needed it to read a newer-PDF format.
I never made the reader my default PDF reader.
I've been happy using SumatraPDF as my reader.
Out of curiosity, what reader do you have set as your default PDF reader?
Thanks for the Sumatra PDF suggestion. Now installed in place of the
ages old acrobat reader I had been using.
I used to use Sumatra and I think it's a pretty good choice. But I now
use Foxit Reader, which I think is even better.
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